Volker Spangenberg

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Volker Spangenberg (born October 9, 1955 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) is a Baptist theologian and professor of practical theology at the Evangelical Free Church Theological Seminar (University of Applied Sciences) in Wustermark-Elstal . From 2006 to 2014 he was also its rector.

Life

After graduating from high school, Volker Spangenberg studied Protestant theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen from 1976 . In 1981 he went to the theological seminar of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Hamburg-Horn in order to prepare for the service of a Baptist clergyman through a so-called candidate year . In 1982, however, he returned to the University of Tübingen and was a research assistant there until 1990 . 1991 received his doctorate with a dissertation on the glory of the covenant: The determination of the biblical concept of "glory" with Hans urs von Balthasar as a doctor of theology. The doctoral supervisor was the Protestant systematist and religious philosopher Eberhard Jüngel . After completing his doctorate, Spangenberg was appointed pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Heidelberg in 1991. He received his recognition as pastor of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches after completing the three-year probationary period customary in this Free Church in 1993. In 1997 Spangenberg was appointed to the theological seminary mentioned above . Here he took over the lectureship for practical theology , which was converted into a professorship in 2003. In 2006 he succeeded Stefan Stiegler as Rector of the Theological Seminary . He remained in this position until mid-October 2014. His successor as the university's rector was Michael Kißkalt . In addition, Volker Spangenberg was a member of the supervisory board of Diakoniewerk Bethel (Berlin), but resigned along with three other members of the supervisory board in the course of the expulsion of three deaconesses in 2015.

Volker Spangenberg researches primarily in the area of ​​his teaching area. Topics include the factors of church growth and the contributions of German Baptism to pastoral theology and liturgy .

Works (selection)

A detailed bibliography of Spangenberg can be found on the homepage of the Theological Seminary in Elstal.

  • Glory of the new covenant. The definition of the biblical concept of "glory" in Hans Urs von Balthasar , Tübingen 1993
  • The historical Jesus in the field of tension between faith and history. (Ed. Together with André Heinze ), Leipzig 2010, ISBN 3-374-02759-8 ; included: Volker Spangenberg: Answer to the presentation by Roman Heiligenthal . Pp. 87-92.
  • Eberhard Jüngel ; in: DW Musser, JL Price (ed.): A new handbook of Christian theologians , Nashville 1996, pp. 244-252
  • The pastor as a preacher ; in: Theological Conversation 2000, Supplement 1, pp. 48–61
  • The god who sees me. On the preaching work of Albrecht Goes ; in: IU Dalferth, J. Fischer, H.-P. Großhans (ed.): Memorable secret. Contributions to the doctrine of God. FS for Eberhard Jüngel on his 70th birthday ; Tübingen 2004, pp. 515-537

literature

  • Journal DIE GEMEINDE : Article Theological Seminary Elstal has a new rector: Dr. Volker Spangenberg (from May 27, 2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare Spangenberg's foreword to his dissertation ; accessed on February 14, 2011
  2. ↑ The biographical data are taken from the short biography of Spangenberg on the homepage of the Theological Seminary (FH) .
  3. ↑ Homepage of the Theological Seminary (FH): Michael Kißkalt becomes rector of the Theological Seminary in Elstal ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theologisches-seminar-elstal.de
  4. ↑ Homepage of the Theological Seminary (FH): Factors of church growth in the self-perception of growing churches and their church leaders  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on February 14, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.theologisches-seminar-elstal.de  
  5. ^ Homepage of the Theological Seminary (FH): Contributions of German Baptism to pastoral theology and liturgy ; accessed on February 14, 2011
  6. ↑ Spangenberg's extensive bibliography ; accessed on February 14, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Spangenberg, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe